Venezuela not doing enough

A US law enforcement official is accusing Venezuela of showing little interest in curbing the number of illegal flights transporting cocaine to the United States and Europe.



The head of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, David Johnson, said there is little evidence of strong measures being taken by the Venezuelans to deal with the problem.



Colombian traffickers have long been known to use neighbouring Venezuela as a transit route to run drugs through the Caribbean, Africa and Central America to the United States and Europe.



Mr Johnson said the problem has worsened, five years after the Hugo Chavez government ended cooperation with the US Drug Enforcement Agency.